Today’s Headlines

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  • A photo gallery of 9 world-class subways, including Tokyo’s, pictured above (HuffPost)
  • An inside look at transit tunnel security in the Big Apple (AP)
  • Toyota could face a second fine from U.S. DOT for its response to defective gas pedals (The Hill Blog)
  • The hidden crisis of America’s decaying "soft infrastructure," and what can be done (Architect’s Paper)
  • New poll finds greater share of Washington area drivers would support congestion pricing than a gas tax increase to pay for transportation improvements (WashPost)
  • U.S. economic recovery law proving a big boon to Spanish infrastructure companies (Poder 360)
  • Ford touts new study showing its SYNC in-car electronics system — criticized by LaHood — is less of a distracted driving risk than using separate phones or music-playing devices (Ford Press)
  • Yonah Freemark: Pennsylvania’s ill-fated bid to toll I-80 marks a death knell for the "user-fee" transportation system (Transport Politic)

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Very bad news for train riders in the northeast: The Obama administration’s first rounds of high-speed rail money are unlikely to help improve Acela service, due to lengthy environmental reviews required by U.S. DOT (Globe) Two disparate takes on the House jobs bill: Does it represent "room for real debate" on a new federal transportation […]

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The details on that post-Toyota auto safety reform bill that Congress is drafting (Free Press) LaHood speaks out on distracted driving in a HuffPost op-ed Sen. Graham (R-SC) tells Ezra Klein that White House’s vehement rejection of carbon fees as a "gas tax" helped push him away from the negotiating table on climate change Green […]

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Massachusetts transit officials like the sound of the Obama administration’s pitch to help oversee light rail and subway safety (Globe) In addition to its transit safety push, the administration has also issued safety rules for motorcoach buses (Bloomberg) Even conservative Dems such as Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) are open to new transportation spending to help […]

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How Florida’s congressional delegation helped make its high-speed rail award happen (HuffPost) Michael Lindenberger responds to this week’s online back-and-forth over taxing gas v. VMT (Morn News) Senate jobs bill — with a highway trust fund extension but no TIGER money — expected to be delayed for 10 more days (WSJ) Chinese high-speed rail proving […]

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Pelosi explains why DeFazio’s Wall Street infrastructure tax is on the table: "The downside is always felt by the worker and the upside is always realized by those who never seem to take a loss …" (HuffPost) … meanwhile, the Speaker also signals openness to the "front-loaded" infrastructure proposal first floated by Durbin (Yglesias) Officials […]